Shrawan Kumar

Background

Kumar, Shrawan was born on June 12, 1953 in Ghazipur, U.P., India. Son of Ram Krishna Prasad and Lakshmi Devi. came to the United States, 1991.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Gorakhpur U., Ghazipur, 1973; Master of Science, Bombay U., 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Bombay U., 1986.

Career

Research assistant, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1976-1985; fellow, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1985-1989; reader, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1989-1992; postdoctoral fellow, Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1983-1984; Moore instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984-1985; member, Institute Advanced Studies, Princeton, 1988-1989; professor mathematics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1991.

Achievements

• Shrawan Kumar has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: badminton, walking.

Connections

Married Shyama Agrawal, February 24, 1978. Children: Neeraj, Niketa.

Father:

Ram Krishna Prasad Devi

Mother:

Lakshmi Devi

Spouse:

Shyama Agrawal

child:

Neeraj Kumar

child:

Niketa Kumar